Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: vitesse-vsc73xx: Fix SPI device reference leak in vsc73xx_spi_probe()

[Andrew Lunn]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 10:49:20AM +0000, Wentao Liang wrote:
> spi_dev_get() takes a reference on the SPI device, but neither the
> probe error paths nor vsc73xx_spi_remove() ever release it, so the
> spi_device can never be freed after the driver has been unbound.
> 
> Release the reference on both probe error paths and in remove().
> 
> Fixes: 95711cd5f0b4 ("net: dsa: vsc73xx: Split vsc73xx driver")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Please set the Subject line to indicate net:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

    Andrew